UPDATE: Missing Mercer County Brothers Found Safe

(UPDATE: Lamar and Mathew Phillips were found in the custody of their grandmother in Trenton. They were reunited with their guardians unharmed, police said Friday.)

MERCER COUNTY, NJ — Hamilton Police are seeking the public's help in locating two brothers who have been missing since Monday.

Brothers Lamar Phillips, 15 and Mathew Phillips, 13, were reported missing by their guardian Tuesday when they didn't return home from playing basketball, police said.

A cousin reported seeing the brothers at the Roebling Park on Monday, but their current whereabouts remain unknown, police said.

Lamar had run away from home before, but Mathew had not, the guardian told police.

Police describe Lamar as a black male with medium complexion, who wears glasses. He was last seen wearing a red long sleeve shirt and black pants. Mathew is also described as a medium-complexioned black male, last seen wearing a long-sleeved black shirt with white writing on the front and black pants.

Anyone with information on the brothers is asked to contact Det. Matthew Donovan of the Hamilton Police Criminal Investigations Section Juvenile Unit at (609) 689-5824 or email: mdonovan@hamiltonpd.org.

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